Platanthera

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Contains 18 accepted taxa overall.

Family:	Orchidaceae
Common Name:

Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order	Asparagales
Family	Orchidaceae
Genus	*Platanthera*

Citation

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Basionym:	**
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species

Scientific Name	Common Name	Status
Platanthera aquilonis	northern green bog orchid	Native, Persisting, S4 (State Rank), CoC: 8
Platanthera blephariglottis × P. ciliaris = P. ×bicolor	two-colored fringed orchid	Native, Persisting, SNA (State Rank), GNA (Global Rank)
Platanthera blephariglottis var. blephariglottis	white fringed orchid	Native, Persisting, S4 (State Rank), G4G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 10
Platanthera ciliaris	orange fringed orchid	Native, Persisting, S1 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 9
Platanthera clavellata	little club spur orchid	Native, Persisting, S4 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 7
Platanthera cristata	orange crested orchid	Native, Persisting, S1 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 8
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata	white bog orchid, bog candle	Native, Persisting, S4 (State Rank), CoC: 8
Platanthera flava var. herbiola	northern tubercled orchid	Native, Persisting, S4 (State Rank), G4T4Q (Global Rank), CoC: 3
Platanthera grandiflora	large purple fringed orchid	Native, Persisting, S4 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 8
Platanthera hookeri	Hooker’s orchid	Native, Persisting, S1 (State Rank), G4 (Global Rank), CoC: 10
Platanthera huronensis	Lake Huron bog orchid	Native, Persisting, S4 (State Rank), CoC: 8
Platanthera lacera	ragged fringed orchid	Native, Persisting, S4 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 3
Platanthera lacera × P. psycodes = P. ×andrewsii	Andrews’s fringed orchid	Native, Persisting, SNA (State Rank), GNA (Global Rank)
Platanthera leucophaea	eastern prairie fringed orchid	Native, Persisting, SH (State Rank), G2 (Global Rank), CoC: 10
Platanthera macrophylla	large-spurred round-leaved orchid	Native, Persisting, S4? (State Rank), CoC: 9
Platanthera obtusata	blunt-leaved orchid	Native, Persisting, S3 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 10
Platanthera orbiculata	small-spurred round-leaved orchid	Native, Persisting, S4? (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 9
Platanthera psycodes	lesser purple fringed orchid	Native, Persisting, S4 (State Rank), CoC: 8

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Citation Information:

Werier, David, Kyle Webster, Troy Weldy, Andrew Nelson, Richard Mitchell†, and Robert Ingalls†. 2024 New York Flora Atlas. [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (original application development), USF Water Institute. University of South Florida]. New York Flora Association, Albany, New York.

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